BAY To BIRDWOOD 2015 South Australia

Bay to Birdwood.

We went over to Adelaide to visit family and it just so happened that our stay there coincided with a couple of other interesting events one of which was the Bay to Birdwood.

This year the period covered was 1958 to 1978. We parked ourselves in the shade at an intersection just below the start of the Adelaide Hills and waited. There was no shortage of classic vehicles doing loops around this part of the route from well before the first official participants arrived on the scene.

The lead vehicles were a Police motor cycle and a 1960ish triple tail lighted Police Chrysler Royal. Then the real flow started. Son-in-law Tod took over 500 pictures in the two and a half hours that we were there. By about 11.30 the sun was starting to eat into flesh so we packed up and came home. Not many Rolls in the first couple of hours but they were probably still finishing off croissants and lattes. Other friends who were there on the day but back closer to the starting point told us that they left at two thirty and there was still a steady flow at that time. I have been to the Birdwood museum and I can’t imagine what they did with all the cars if everyone who drove past us went as far as the museum and tried to park.

If you wish to see what was participating in the first couple of hours check out the slide show below.